Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
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A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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We should live and labor in our time that what came to us as a seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom, may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
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No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
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No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands